Heyho,
I am looking for smart devices - currently interior blinds and lights that support Zigbee - and thought why not take a look at the European market.
As far as I can tell most products come from china, but maybe someone here knows more than me :)
EDIT: So sadly it looks like there is no real european smart home stuff out there.
I think most are made in China and just relabeled under some EU brand.
Looking at IKEA smart plug with “Made in China” on it…
As other said IKEA and Shelly devices are solid choices.
Either you’ll stick to one brand and live in their ecosystem or you’ll have 10 apps for controlling various parts of your home. This typically leads to HomeAssistant and Zigbee works great there.
If you want less DIY solution, then Loxone (Austrian or German) or perhaps Jablotron (Czechia). These will cost a lot lot more tho.
I switched to IKEA home automation for the most components.
It is Zigbee and with the newest stuff Matter. Quite affordable and mostly well thought out
I quite like the IKEA bulbs and buttons, but not their base station, I just use a standard zigbee one.
However, I don’t want matter, I just want zigbee. Its well behaved, a known quantity and they’re light bulbs. Giving them an IP stack is just increasing the attack target footprint. I do not understand the benefits or appeal of it.
I migrated all devices to a Computer with Zigbee USB stick as controller/hub. I‘ve also seen hubs that can handle multiple brands.
IKEA, Shelly, Hue. I doubt there’s much that’s actually manufactured locally unfortunately.
Homeassistant is virtually a necessity.
Even the expensive brands are made in China. I have not yet seen anything else. And I drown in smart home stuff 😁
Have you found good blinds? It feels like a conspiracy that thes are unavailable at Ikea and other companies atm.
Nah, not yet. Does IKEA have some? Never checked😁
They had, but they are discontinued? or sold out atm.
Oh nice. Will check next time!
Most companies that I see that are local to Europe are German, and I know a handful from here in Sweden
Shelly is as far as I know from EU, but I don’t know where they produce the devices, might want to look into that
Isn’t Shelly WiFi only?
Zigbee, Matter, Bluetooth and WiFi. The gen 4 devices are multi-protokol
